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UK Super Sevens Series: Hong Kong aiming even higher at London Irish

  • Hong Kong coaches rotate men’s and women’s squads for 2nd round of sevens series, giving more players game time after months without a tournament
  • Both of the city’s teams are trying to go one better after losing their cup finals last time out

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Chloe Chan is among the players coming in for Hong Kong in the second round of the UK Super Sevens Series. Photo: Phoebe Leung

The Hong Kong men’s and women’s sevens squads are looking for silverware this weekend after coming close to it on their long-awaited comeback – and they will do so as top seeds in their pools.

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They play in the second round of the UK Super Sevens Series at London Irish on Saturday intent on going a step further than they did in round one a fortnight ago, when both the men and the women reached cup finals.

Series organisers have since reseeded the competitions, with Hong Kong’s teams now seeded first in their pools after looking sharp in the opener at Newbury, which was their first action since November.

Although both the men’s and women’s teams lost their finals to Samurai, they each had a superior overall points difference to their opponents and Hong Kong’s men also had a higher try count.

Harry Sayers contests the kick-off with Samurai in the cup final of the UK Super Sevens Series first round at Newbury. Photo: HKRU
Harry Sayers contests the kick-off with Samurai in the cup final of the UK Super Sevens Series first round at Newbury. Photo: HKRU
Hong Kong will look to bring more players back into the fray for the second instalment, and they have the luxury of being able to rotate personnel, having taken 45 players with them for their two-month trip to Europe for tournaments and training.
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